Month: March 2019

Responsibility of bar to maintain dignity of judiciary: SC

New Delhi, Mar 7:  It is the responsibility of the Bar to ensure that “dignity of judiciary” is maintained, the Supreme Court said Thursday while hearing activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s application seeking recusal of Justice Arun Mishra from adjudicating contempt plea filed against him by the Attorney General. […]

Scheduled visit by Indo-Pak delegations will help in de-escalating tensions: Qureshi

Islamabad, Mar 7: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said improved relations between India and Pakistan will lead to peace and stability in the region and the exchange of visits by delegations of the two countries discuss the Kartarpur Corridor will help in de-escalating tensions. Qureshi’s comment came following […]

PM Modi is Pakistan’s poster boy, not us: Rahul

New Delhi, Mar 7: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dubbing him the “poster boy of Pakistan” for publicly hugging former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and inviting the neighbouring country’s spy agency ISI to Pathankot after the IAF base was attacked. Gandhi’s […]

India holds Kashmir separatists under law allowing imprisonment without charge

SRINAGAR, India – Indian authorities on Thursday extended the detention of two separatist leaders in the disputed Kashmir region, police said, holding them under a controversial law that allows for suspects to be held for up to two years without charge. The order is part of a crackdown […]

BJP lawmakers get off on wrong foot in “shoe brawl”

NEW DELHI  – Two lawmakers from India’s ruling party were set to be disciplined on Friday after a fight using a shoe as a weapon went viral on social media. The event has caused embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a […]

Pakistan seizes religious schools in intensified crackdown on militants

ISLAMABAD  – Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups. The move represents Pakistan’s biggest move against banned organisations in years […]

Grenade attack in Jammu kills one, wounds 32 – police

JAMMU/SRINAGAR, India – A grenade explosion orchestrated by a Pakistan-based militant group at a bus stand in Jammu killed one person and wounded at least 32 on Thursday, police said. The blast came three weeks after an attack by another Pakistan-based group killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in […]

Leader of hardline Hindu group in India defends beating of Kashmiris

NEW DELHI  – The leader of a hardline Hindu group in India on Thursday justified the beating of two street vendors from mostly Muslim Kashmir by his members, saying “suspicious” Kashmiris had to be watched after a deadly bombing in the disputed region. The assault on the fruit […]

China’s Huawei sues to challenge US security law

SHENZHEN, China — Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that would limit its American sales of telecom equipment on security grounds as the company steps up efforts to preserve its access to global markets for next-generation communications. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s lawsuit, announced Thursday, asks a […]

Grenade explosion kills 1, injures 30 in Indian-held Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A civilian was killed and at least 30 others were injured by a grenade blast at a bus station in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The grenade was hurled at the main bus station in Jammu city and rolled beneath […]

Headlines